Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis

Eduardo A. Groisman (Edited by)

9780123042200, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 9 January 2001

826 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 4.1 cm, 1.3 kg

Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis presents a molecular perspective on a select group of bacterial pathogens by having the leaders of the field present their perspective in a clear and authoritative manner. Each chapter contains a comprehensive review devoted to a single pathogen. Several chapters include work from authors outside the pathogenesis field, providing general perspectives on the evolution, regulation, and secretion of virulence and determinants.

Contributors.
E.A. Groisman, Preface.
H. Ochman, Evolution of Bacterial Pathogenesis.
J.R. Harper and T.J. Silhavy, Germ Warfare: The Mechanisms of Virulence Factor Delivery.
C. J. Dorman and S.G.J. Smith, Regulation of Virulence Gene Expression in Bacterial Pathogens.
A. Camilli, D.S. Merrell, and J.J. Mekalanos, Strategies to Identify Bacterial Pathogenicity Factors.
J.R. Alfano and A. Collmer, Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis in Plants: Familiar Foes in a Foreign Kingdom.
A.P. Boyd & G.R. Cornelis, Yersinia.
C.A. Scherer and S.I. Miller, Molecular Pathogenesis of Salmonellae.
P.J. Sansonetti, C. Egile, and C. Wennerås, Shigellosis: From Disease Symptoms to Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis.
J.L. Puente and B.B. Finlay, Pathogenic Escherichia coli.
V.J. DiRita, Molecular Basis of Vibrio cholerae Pathogenesis.
T.L. Cover, D.E. Berg, M.J. Blaser, and H.L.T. Mobley, H. Pylori, Pathogenesis.
S.D. Gray-Owen, C. Dehio, T. Rudel, M. Naumann, and T.F. Meyer, Neisseria.
P.A. Cotter and J.F. Miller, Bordetella.
C.M. Tang, D.W. Hood, and E.R. Moxon, Pathogenesis of Haemophilus Influenzae Infections.
M. Caparon, Pathogenic Mechanisms in Streptococcal Diseases.
H. Fsihi, P. Steffen, and P. Cosart, Listeria Monocytogenes.
Index.

Subject Areas: Bacteriology [non-medical PSGD], Molecular biology [PSD]